In his own twisted way, he's right - except that all the things he mentioned showed that the Republican world-view is delusional bullshit.

Isolationism touted by Republicans before World War II probably made that conflict last much longer than it should have. Republican paranoia about communism drove us down a path of needless military spending and came damn close to starting World War III. Republicans combatting terrorists like a "holy war", rather than a criminal matter, caused us to go into needless conflicts, increased terrorist activity, and pretty much bankrupted the country.

Now, Obama's health care initiative may be one of the things that drives a coffin in Republican brand.

So, yeah, it's the end of the world - or at least the Republican party - as they know it.

This has the makings of another national embarrassment for The Old Backward State.

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"I will have a priority on building relationships with the minority caucus. I want to put substance behind those campaign speeches." -- Thom Tillis, Nov. 5, 2014

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"I will have a priority on building relationships with the minority caucus. I want to put substance behind those campaign speeches." -- Thom Tillis, Nov. 5, 2014

He noted that the responses to the remark on twitter have been nearly “universal condemnation,” and it would be hard for a politician to recover from such a comment without a quick apology.

“It's just a snowball effect, and the longer they delay acknowledging or apologizing for it, it only gets worse for them,” he said.

Bitzer said Rucho needs to “acknowledge the fact that he misspoke and used a TERRIBLE comparison between probably the most horrific events in the 20th century, and now into the 21st century, to try an attack a public policy.”

But Sunday night, Rucho’s only tweet praised the Panthers.

“Another great day in the Carolinas,” he wrote at 7:12 p.m. “The Panthers win in the land of life, liberty and where all can pursue their dream of happiness. Period.”

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"I will have a priority on building relationships with the minority caucus. I want to put substance behind those campaign speeches." -- Thom Tillis, Nov. 5, 2014

As usual, NC Policy Watch nails it ("Senator Bob Rucho of Mecklenburg County has raised real questions about his fitness for public office"), as does Carolina Mercury ("As national and international news outlets get wind of this, the senator’s tweet is reaching far more people than he ever dreamed of."). ProgressNC attracted many comments.

Several aggregators and blogs are helping it go viral.

Might be just about time for a feature on Maddow.

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"I will have a priority on building relationships with the minority caucus. I want to put substance behind those campaign speeches." -- Thom Tillis, Nov. 5, 2014

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"I will have a priority on building relationships with the minority caucus. I want to put substance behind those campaign speeches." -- Thom Tillis, Nov. 5, 2014

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